# Chapter 3897: Bone Emperor Heavenly Dao and Bone Emperor Heavenly Dao
"Today, I will turn the entire Bone Sea into a battlefield for the heavens. Bone clan cultivators, flee as far as you can!"
Zhang Ruochen stood atop a towering Yin Mountain over a hundred thousand meters high. His spiritual power erupted from his body, blazing like a star. Divine sound, accompanied by the rules of heaven and earth, spread at the speed of light, shaking all the undead cultivators on this land.
Since escape was impossible, he would no longer hide or conceal himself. Instead, he would blow the matter up into a major incident.
This way, if Bone Yanluo dared to come, he would have to face the possibility of Heavenly Mother descending at any moment, while also worrying about the gathering of the heavens and gods of the Hell Realm.
Even if he had the courage to show himself, he could only choose a quick battle.
If he retreated instead, that would naturally be the best outcome.
However, Zhang Ruochen still underestimated the supreme methods of a Heavenly Venerable-level figure. The divine sound had only spread millions of miles at the speed of light, but Bone Yanluo's laughter, coming from ten billion miles away, reached his ears first.
The undead cultivators on this boundless black soil of the Bone Sea had no time to flee before the earth began to shake violently.
"Zhang Ruochen, do you dare to display such petty tricks before me?"
Bone Yanluo strode across the black soil wasteland, black demonic energy spreading around his body. He raised both arms, supporting them against the wind.
Instantly, space and time trembled, and the stars quaked.
"Boom!"
In the southwest of the Bone Sea, a stone pillar a million miles thick burst through the ground, overturning tens of millions of miles of territory, instantly crushing thousands of billions of Bone clan undead.
The Bone clan experts who survived crawled out from the dirt and looked up at that stone pillar.
The stone pillar was like an upright great world, so massive that only the divine thoughts of gods could probe its appearance. Demonic energy was thick, its outline rugged, pressing the earth to sink continuously.
If one stood far enough away, they could see that on this stone pillar world emerging from underground, there stood a demon god stone statue with its head touching the sky and feet stepping on the earth.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
...
Seventy-two stone pillar worlds, each a million miles thick and over a hundred million miles high, burst through the ground at different locations across the Bone Sea, surrounding a territory of hundreds of millions of miles.
Of course, this territory spanning hundreds of millions of miles in length and width accounted for less than one percent of the vast Bone Sea's land.
This region of heaven and earth had already sealed off all the heavenly secrets Zhang Ruochen had leaked.
Clearly, Bone Yanluo was using such great divine abilities to buy himself more time, hoping that the heavens and gods of the Hell Realm would not arrive too quickly.
A Bone clan god crawled out from the ruins, looked around, and laughed with desolate despair: "It's the seventy-two pillar demon god statues. Demon clouds cover heaven and earth, the pillars transform into worlds, and all of space-time is locked. A taboo figure at the level of the heavens has come. All cultivators on this land must die."
"The battle of the heavens treats all living beings as ants."
"I am a Lower Position God, yet I cannot even stand up. Who has come? Why is the pressure so terrifying?"
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Bone Yanluo stepped into this corpse sea territory shrouded by the seventy-two demon god stone pillars that were like great worlds. With just his first step, the continental plates beneath his feet split apart.
The spatial structure and material foundation of the Bone Sea were actually far more stable than many great worlds.
But Bone Yanluo only needed to stomp his foot, and the land of a hundred million miles shattered like ceramic into countless pieces.
Not to mention those Bone clan cultivators at the Saint realm; even Bone clan gods exploded, turning into clusters of white bone mist.
One step, and countless beings perished.
The soul fragments of thousands of billions of Bone clan cultivators after death sparkled like a sea of fireflies, continuously converging toward Bone Yanluo.
The black demonic mist around Bone Yanluo's body was like a black hole, endlessly devouring these soul fragments.
His divine soul grew stronger and stronger.
This was an ultimate form of feeding enjoyment, a psychological pleasure of doing whatever he wanted, causing Bone Yanluo to let out cheerful laughter.
It could be imagined that if he had Half-Ancestor cultivation, if he could be invincible under heaven, if Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable and Beixi had not been dealt with successively, he would not fear Hao Tian, Heavenly Mother, and others. Without any scruples, the universe would instantly enter the next Chaotic Ancient Era.
Demons dancing wildly, order collapsing. Whether living beings or undead, not one in a hundred would survive.
Zhang Ruochen stood atop the plateau-like massive Yin Mountain. Only this Yin Mountain's territory, spanning hundreds of millions of miles, had not yet shattered and decomposed because of the formation inscriptions arranged in advance.
The wind was fierce, as if it wanted to crush him and the Yin Mountain beneath his feet into dust.
The White-Haired Skeleton looked on with eyes full of envy, saying: "It's fifty percent of the Bone Emperor Heavenly Dao Esoterica. Using the power of esoterica, he is continuously absorbing the souls of thousands of billions of Bone cultivators to strengthen himself, completely unafraid of being overwhelmed."
"If he is allowed to absorb like this, by devouring just three or five Bone Seas, his cultivation can reach the pinnacle of the Heavenly Venerable level, possessing the conditions to impact Half-Ancestor."
"The Bone clan cultivators of three or five Bone Seas are more than a thousand times greater than thousands of billions of Bone cultivators. If he really makes such a big disturbance, he will only die without a burial place."
Zhang Ruochen carefully examined the seventy-two heaven-piercing demon god stone pillars positioned in the seventy-two directions, then said: "It is a combination of space, demonic path, and earth element power, evolving into seventy-two pillar worlds, locking even Lihentian and the Void World. All escape routes have been completely blocked."
The seventy-two pillar worlds were condensed by Bone Yanluo using the materials of the Bone Sea, not created from nothing. This made Zhang Ruochen secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
This showed that Bone Yanluo's cultivation had not yet become so powerful that it was unassailable. It was still within his understanding.
The White-Haired Skeleton appeared quite regretful, sighing: "We already missed the best time to escape. If it weren't for your insistence on dealing with Luo Tongluo, we would be at Yama Heaven Outer Heaven having breakfast by now."
Zhang Ruochen refused to take the blame, saying: "If you wanted to renege on your tribulation at Ten Thousand Bone Cave, you had to use my power to repel Bone Yanluo. How could you possibly escape? There is no such thing as escape. Only I have the right to complain. What qualifications do you have to escape?"
The White-Haired Skeleton argued: "Without me, could you have escaped from a Heavenly Venerable-level figure?"
"I am quite skilled at escaping."
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Bone Yanluo floated in the void, already outside Yin Mountain. He had clearly heard the conversation between Zhang Ruochen and the White-Haired Skeleton, saying: "Death is already upon you, yet you still argue over meaningless matters. I am very curious—are you in good spirits, or have you already prepared mentally to surrender?"
Bone Yanluo's next move made Zhang Ruochen regard him as a divine being.
One could see that within this territory of hundreds of millions of miles, the rules of heaven and earth were all classified and gathered together by Bone Yanluo using his divine thoughts.
The rules of heaven and earth from the Nine Eternal Paths transformed into nine brightest rivers, coiling around his body.
The Seventy-Two Supreme Paths, Three Thousand Great Paths, One Hundred Thousand Minor Paths, and various Heavenly Paths turned into large and small rivers of rules, floating in the sky.
Space rules were condensed into a river, and naturally, the space of heaven and earth no longer existed. Only Bone Yanluo's world remained.
Time was the same. Only Bone Yanluo's time existed.
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Bone Yanluo wanted a quick battle, so naturally, he would not hold back. Using the Dao method of "Ten Thousand Paths Do Not Exist, Only I Am Supreme," he displayed his absolute control over this territory.
Here, even heaven and earth had to submit to him.
This also meant that no matter how much esoterica Zhang Ruochen possessed, it was meaningless. He simply could not mobilize the rules of heaven and earth or the power of heaven and earth.
This was a desperate adverse situation.
Both were at the Heavenly Venerable level. Seventy-Two Product Lotus was subtle and silent, never easily revealing her trump cards and true strength. But with a light touch, every move was lethal.
Having merged the remnant soul of the Great Demon God with Yan Luo's bone body, possessing the spirit and aura of two Primordial Ancestors, he naturally displayed infinite dominance in every gesture.
With a wave of his hand, he created a great world. With a breath, he devoured a thousand billion souls.
Tearing the sky and splitting the earth, he wanted even heaven and earth to tremble because of him.
Facing this scene and this power, it was already commendable that Zhang Ruochen could remain calm. He raised his voice and said: "Should I call you Bone Yanluo, or the Great Demon God?"
Bone Yanluo laughed: "As you wish! Before seeing you, I simply did not believe in the theory of a Future Primordial Ancestor. How difficult is the Primordial Ancestor realm? But you, junior, indeed have extraordinary bearing. Trapped in such a desperate situation, you still remain unflinching. Leave behind the Immortal Bone you took from the Bone Divine Temple, as well as the Mani Pearl, Nine Cauldrons, and Dark Hand, and I will let you leave."
Zhang Ruochen smiled: "You are letting me leave because you know I am the vessel the Life Ancestor wants to seize, right?"
"Does it matter whether it is or not?"
Bone Yanluo continued: "If I let you leave, you at least have the hope of escaping with your life."
Zhang Ruochen keenly sensed that Bone Yanluo did not seem so willing to see the Life Ancestor successfully seize his body and live a new life.
There might be a rift between him and the Life Ancestor.
Of course, this could not be ruled out as his trick!
If Zhang Ruochen truly believed his words and obediently handed over all the treasures, he would completely lose his combat power, without even the chance to fight to the death. Then, he would be crushed.
Zhang Ruochen said: "Senior is indeed a Primordial Ancestor. Such boldness is beyond others. Can you give me some time to think carefully?"
Luo Tongluo flew over from the horizon, her graceful body wrapped within the scene of the "Luo Shu," with forty-five stars flickering, saying: "Zhang Ruochen, your delaying tactics are meaningless! The time rules here have all been gathered together, already detached from the outside world, entering independent time. Even if a year or half a year passes here, only an hour may have passed outside. No one is coming to save you!"
Zhang Ruochen said: "Then what is there to say? Fight!"
"Whoosh!"
The Emperor Talisman was activated by his ninetieth-level spiritual power.
Instantly, endless talisman light surged out, enveloping Yin Mountain, evolving into a small talisman path world.
Bone Yanluo and Luo Tongluo's expressions both changed slightly.
They had made a mistake!
It was not that they feared the Emperor Talisman, but that by letting Zhang Ruochen activate the Emperor Talisman, he had bought himself a brief moment of time.
With this brief time, he could self-destruct his divine heart to achieve the greatest battle results.
Such an error was very fatal, and should never have been made.
However, Zhang Ruochen clearly had no intention of self-destructing his divine heart, which secretly relieved them.
Bone Yanluo raised a finger, mobilizing the nine rivers formed by the condensation of the Nine Eternal Paths' rules, like silk ribbons, slashing toward Yin Mountain.
"Boom rumble!"
The nine rivers of rules broke through everything, grinding away the formation rules Zhang Ruochen had arranged in Yin Mountain. The mountain body collapsed rapidly.
The talisman patterns erupted by the Emperor Talisman could not withstand them either, continuously being destroyed.
The nine rivers of rules were like nine divine swords of heaven and earth, slashing directly toward Zhang Ruochen's head.
Space was locked, time was as if frozen, light on the left, darkness on the right... Everything was changed. The world was chaotic, and the Dao method did not exist.
"Still not making a move?" Zhang Ruochen said.
The White-Haired Skeleton let out a strange cry, leaping like an ape, breaking through the mountain rocks, and directly colliding upward with his body.
Zhang Ruochen saw densely packed golden rules emerge on his bone body, their quantity increasing more and more, until finally, they illuminated this entire region of heaven and earth in gold.
The seventy-two demon god statues a hundred million miles high at the end of the sky were illuminated by the golden light, appearing lifelike.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."
The nine rivers of rules not only failed to break through his bone body but instantly exploded.
The White-Haired Skeleton stood in midair like a golden rooster on one leg, striking a strange pose.
"Chi chi!"
The next moment, one of the rivers of heaven and earth rules in the sky, not under Bone Yanluo's control, flew toward the White-Haired Skeleton, collided on his chest, and continuously merged into his bones.
"Bone Emperor Heavenly Dao Esoterica, so it was you."
Bone Yanluo had long noticed the White-Haired Skeleton. Being able to stay with Zhang Ruochen atop Yin Mountain, he was clearly no ordinary figure.
The mysterious aura that he and Luo Tongluo had detected earlier leaving Ten Thousand Bone Cave was undoubtedly this person.
Among the Heavenly Dao Esoterica of the Bone clan, "Bone Emperor Heavenly Dao Esoterica" and "Bone Emperor Heavenly Dao Esoterica" were the most unique, only mastered by Bone clan cultivators.
The Emperor's soul is invincible; the Emperor's body is indestructible.
Bone Emperor and Bone Emperor, each single Dao's esoterica dominates, either had a weak bone body or a weak divine soul, far inferior to the Thunder Dao Dominator, Death Dominator, Demonic Path Dominator, Sword Dao Dominator, and other combat Dao Dominators.
Only by simultaneously mastering both Bone Emperor and Bone Emperor Heavenly Dao Esoterica could one become the "Bone clan Emperor," thereby ruling the world, possessing the power to contend with those who master the esoterica of the Nine Eternal Paths.
Bone Yanluo had only seized fifty percent of the Bone Emperor Heavenly Dao Esoterica. As for the Bone Emperor Heavenly Dao Esoterica, the Bone Divine Temple and the Bone clan ancestral mansion combined had only a little over ten percent.
Ten to twenty percent esoterica was truly useless to a Heavenly Venerable-level figure. It was unnecessary when fighting cultivators below the Heavenly Venerable level, and useless when fighting those of the same realm.
In the history of the Bone clan, a theft incident had occurred.
The Bone clan chieftain of that era had been ambushed by a mysterious person, and the Bone Emperor Heavenly Dao Esoterica was plundered.
When he learned of this secret matter, Bone Yanluo suspected that a powerful expert was hidden within the Bone clan. After years of searching, he could only find some traces and shadows, never knowing where the true body was.
Today, he had finally met face to face.
Bone Yanluo was not angry but delighted. Compared to the treasures on Zhang Ruochen, the Bone Emperor Heavenly Dao Esoterica on the White-Haired Skeleton was what he most desired.
The combination of Emperor and Emperor was the foundation for impacting Half-Ancestor, and also the basis for seeking the Primordial Ancestor path in the future.
Bone cultivators had the great Dao of bone cultivation.
Zhang Ruochen naturally knew the difference between Bone Emperor Heavenly Dao Esoterica and Bone Emperor Heavenly Dao Esoterica. Now, he fully understood!
The White-Haired Skeleton had indeed not told him the whole truth.
Earlier, when he came to chase Zhang Ruochen, it was definitely because Zhang Ruochen had invited powerful helpers. He wanted to use this power to confront Bone Yanluo and seize the Bone Emperor Heavenly Dao Esoterica.
What was the mysterious power of Ten Thousand Bone Cave compared to the enhancement of the divine soul by the Bone Emperor Heavenly Dao Esoterica?
The White-Haired Skeleton raised the Jade Emperor Cauldron, fully opening his aura. Countless Bone Emperor Heavenly Dao rules flickered on his bone body. He directly shouted to Zhang Ruochen: "The situation has changed. The time in this region is indeed different. A prolonged battle will be extremely unfavorable for us. We have lost our only advantage."
"Use whatever trump cards you have, summon whatever reinforcements you can."
"I can only fight for half an hour. After that, I will have to find a way to escape! Don't say that this Bone clan senior is not loyal then."
The White-Haired Skeleton was undoubtedly telling Zhang Ruochen that he only had half an hour to suppress Luo Tongluo. Beyond that time, he must flee.
Although his bone body was strong, the realm gap was there. Holding off a Heavenly Venerable-level figure for half an hour was already approaching his limit. Once injured, the Eon Calamity eighteen days later would be even more hopeless!